The Sea Monster from the Andes
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In 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton. How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?
Spanish subtitles/CC by Carlos J. Pardo De la Hoz.
Thanks as always to Ceri Thomas for the excellent South American marsupials!: / alphynix
This video features this Paleogeographic Map: Scotese, C.R., 2019. Plate Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Ice Ages, KZread video: • Scotese Plate Tectonic... .
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This mans muscles get bigger every ep bruh
@synthia8703
3 жыл бұрын
Mmm.
@RedlifeWoW
3 жыл бұрын
Either that or the shirts get smaller. I'm okay with either.
@maddudehahaha
3 жыл бұрын
get on top of your own fitness journey and keep up! never a bad time to become more healthy, and exercise is absolutely pivotal for that! And yeah this dude is getting jacked love to see his progress
@edmjohan100
3 жыл бұрын
What a noob
@crashmatrix
3 жыл бұрын
@moo moo relax bruv, this isn't a dissertation review.
A turtle so big it could be ridden into battle? A war turtle? Yes.
@Huildnotreal
3 жыл бұрын
A... Wartortle perhaps
@dpeasehead
3 жыл бұрын
Yes but only if you had all day to complete a cavalry charge.
@blueblaze27
3 жыл бұрын
@@Huildnotreal probably a blastoise, it seemed really big after all. Let's hope that we find their cannons buried underground...
@alllbw
3 жыл бұрын
Gotta catch 'em all!
@pudgeboyardee32
3 жыл бұрын
@@dpeasehead anti phalanx?
PBS Eons: Come for the mountain sea monster, stay for the spectacled bear.
@nsalegit9482
3 жыл бұрын
Hey now, no need to sexualize our host like that.
@maszlagma
3 жыл бұрын
@@nsalegit9482 ... there isn't? It will be hard not to with those beautiful muscles though.
@velocipastor676
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't he literally referring to the Andean spectacled bear?
@velvetdarksoul8741
3 жыл бұрын
@@velocipastor676 I thought so to
@nsalegit9482
3 жыл бұрын
@@velocipastor676 yeah. I'm just having a goof.
From a Colombian that loves fossils and has found fossils in villa the leyva, I'm grateful with you for doing this beautiful video.
@MrMonkeyapple
3 жыл бұрын
Mateo Perez Have you ever found any Kronosaurus fossils?
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
It's so awesome that you've found fossils in villa the leyva!!!
@mateoperez6540
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrMonkeyapple no, amonites and some leafs
@mateoperez6540
3 жыл бұрын
@@connor863 yes! I went there any I knew. Also in Barichara. It's a beautiful colonial town ant it's full with fossils
@mateoperez6540
3 жыл бұрын
I saw the kronosaurio and it's just breathe taking. It also funny that some farmers just came across it while working the land.
My mood right now: EONS video and something to eat
@TheGayAva
3 жыл бұрын
This speaks to me.
@Spongebrain97
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGayAva flats the flounder
@White_Cockatoo
3 жыл бұрын
Lol same
@obitobi39
3 жыл бұрын
Apple for me 😁
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
I absolutely love Kallie's puns. But I love watching Blake struggle through them even more. LOL
@thanasianightfall9163
3 жыл бұрын
Same here XD XD XD XD
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Kallie's puns+Blake saying Kallie's puns=absolute perfection!
@rexlupusetxe8367
3 жыл бұрын
Best part is when he explains, It was not his idea.
@teasp00ns
2 жыл бұрын
He says the pun but all I hear is “I’m so sorry” 😂
@Bexebeche
2 жыл бұрын
Seems like he doesn't have children. No love for dad's jokes...
I'm from Colombia. Never thought my country would be featured in a EONS episode. I've seen the Kronosaur st the museum and it truly is a remarkable fossil. Our country is actually quite rich in fossils. Too bad money is not invested on research. Thanks for this episode PBS EONS
@camilogonz9062
3 жыл бұрын
Colombia is also featured in the Titanoboa video!
As a professional sea monster, I can vouch for this creature. It was an absolute beast.
Tbh, im partially always waiting for the "and Steve" in the end.
@JoyOfTacos
3 жыл бұрын
Patrick threw me off a bit tbh
@randomstuff6355
3 жыл бұрын
At least Steve is still there, so all is good
@nealjroberts4050
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, the inflection on the "and Steve" was always particularly amusing too.
@velocipastor676
3 жыл бұрын
Never figured out who Steve is though..... hopefully they'll do an episode about rare sightings of the elusive Stevefoot in the Himalayas...
@greensteve9307
3 жыл бұрын
I guess we'll never know. There are too many Steves around.
Glad to see Villa de Leyva here in Eons! Going there as a child really sparked in me the love for paleontology! You can also find bats, tapirs and tigrillos(the smallest felines in america!) in the paramos.
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@mickelodiansurname9578
3 жыл бұрын
It seems to be a really good snapshot alright. And fossils spread out over discrete periods too. I literally hadn't heard of this treasure trove til now... I'm a little embarrassed I missed it too, but now that I know!! Well...
@NoahSpurrier
3 жыл бұрын
Now I want a tigrillo.
"My boy kronosaurus" that sent me
@m.b.82
3 жыл бұрын
Where did it send you? Are you coming back? We miss you.
@angeliparraguirre7329
3 жыл бұрын
Ded boi
@alex-fs9yt
3 жыл бұрын
It made me think of people say "hey, it's ya boi!" Imagine that - "hey, it's ya boi Kronosaurus"
I just tune in to see how much more swole he is since the last time he hosted an episode.
@KelseytheLetteredDandy
3 жыл бұрын
I came to the comments to see who said it. 😎
@JoyOfTacos
3 жыл бұрын
He's getting pretty f-ing jacked
@Alusnovalotus
3 жыл бұрын
I have noticed more men compliment him lately. For whatever reason.
@velocipastor676
3 жыл бұрын
Jealousy maybe?
@nickvoelker7180
3 жыл бұрын
@@velocipastor676 I just think it's great when you can see someone progress over time, and if I can give positive feedback I will. And no, not jealous. I'm miles ahead of him, I just respect the effort he's been putting in because I know what it takes to get the results he's shown.
Blake certainly seems to feel pun-ished by the jokes he has to read.
@playme129
3 жыл бұрын
@ Sophia Astatine. He just likes to give Callie a good ribbing. Virginia
@eons
3 жыл бұрын
Please show yourself out. (BdeP)
@yourlocalflatiron6124
3 жыл бұрын
@@eons lol
Gotta love the way this man hosts! Really nice voice, tone and intonation. Also, looking fit, Blake 👌
@Alusnovalotus
3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. You’re one of 5 women crushing on Blake. The other 38,567 are men. 🤫😏
Nice to see my home country of Colombia featured on EONs... I‘ve actually seen that giant Kronosaurus fossil and it is really impresive.... and it is true: You do find ammonite fossils everywhere in Villa de Leyva
Alright - I want to know what this guy's workout routine is like
@miguelmontenegro3520
3 жыл бұрын
Being a Eons host and playing for Bayern are worth 3 years of workout. That's why we are still like this and these guys are not.
@ikennaenwelum7798
3 жыл бұрын
@@miguelmontenegro3520 wtf, did he play for Bayern?
@miguelmontenegro3520
3 жыл бұрын
@@ikennaenwelum7798 No, i'm just telling the two main life hacks to get strong. He picked the first option
@SLYSTARx
3 жыл бұрын
Picks up large fossils and puts them down... with paleo diet...
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
@@SLYSTARx True! And fossils are heavy (minerals from the land the fossil was fossilized in seeps into the fossil thus turning the fossil into a fossil through the process of fossilization, meaning that fossils are as heavy as rock).
I wish i had a fossil in my collection. Meanwhile in Colombia, they're making wall decorations out of hundreds of them lol
@megyumiyoshi1062
3 жыл бұрын
Don't feel bad, most of them are fake, just to decoration. The whole town is a tourist trap, so they need to keep the aesthetic
@morewi
3 жыл бұрын
Look through gravel used for driveways and landscaping. You can find coral fossils and some othet minor stuff
@AlejoAlv
3 жыл бұрын
It's funny but it's really easy to find one there. As a kid i went in a camping trip there, and i found a couple of (to be fair, very small) amonytes just liying there in the ground.
@krankarvolund7771
3 жыл бұрын
@@megyumiyoshi1062 I don't think they're fake, it's not hard to find fossils in the right places ^^ There's videos of persons just walking throug a quarry and founding fossils without even digging the soil, just walking and watching where they step. Because there are fossils lie ammonites, or shark's teeth that are very abundant ^^
@Ditidos
3 жыл бұрын
Not just there. In Spain we do that too, albeit with Quaternary shells that are absurdily common. I used to collect them in the playground of my school, I stopped doing so because I had way too many.
Kronosaurus looks like a great animal to avoid.
@ksoundkaiju9256
3 жыл бұрын
Give me a harpoon gun and we'll have a nice fish fry in a few hours
@ADTillion
3 жыл бұрын
KSound Kaiju It’s not a fish though, so more like a gator fry.
@dpeasehead
3 жыл бұрын
@@ksoundkaiju9256 The blood and sounds of underwater thrashing would probably draw every rail car sized predator from miles around. If you survived, you'd be lucky to haul a well gnawed Kronosaurus skeleton back home.
@ivoryghost7080
3 жыл бұрын
KSound Kaiju your gonna need a bigger boat
@ksoundkaiju9256
3 жыл бұрын
@@ivoryghost7080 I'm gonna need a bigger pan
I love that these aren’t super long, at the same time, I wish they were...
Andy's Sea Monster, because it makes sure that YOU! ARE! A! TOY!
@JDeO1997
3 жыл бұрын
.... You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity
@yourstruly4817
3 жыл бұрын
It has a snake in its boot.
@An_Actual_Rat
3 жыл бұрын
@@yourstruly4817 And he has a friend inside of him.
@velocipastor676
3 жыл бұрын
A friend in me..... always makes me imagine my BF popping out of my chest like an alien
@tobyteng7522
3 жыл бұрын
@@An_Actual_Rat Right!
So cool to hear EONS talk about the Andes and even cooler that they recognized there is so much fossils and living beings to be discovered there! Or I'd say here... greetings from Arequipa in the Peruvian Andes!
Fun Fact: The Nazca Plate is in fact the largest surviving fragment of what was once a far larger oceanic plate called the Farallon Plate (other still yet-to-be fully subducted fragments include the Juan de Fuca, Explorer, Gorda, Rivera and Cocos Plates).
Can you guys do an episode on Horseshoe Crabs one day? I've always loved those things
@FreedomAnderson
3 жыл бұрын
They have.
Yay! EONS daddy is back!
@raulrromerom
3 жыл бұрын
@Luke Lanides why do you hate it?
This was an especially great video. I was extremely interested in the ancient, giant marine reptile, but ended up learning a lot about South American topographically unique ecosystems.
It should be noted that this is probably NOT a Kronosaurus, recent phylogenetic studies consistently place this specimen outside of Kronosaurus. It will probably require a new name when it is re-described.
@itamarbenitez3737
3 жыл бұрын
link studies or shut up
I feel this can be one of their videos that hits several million views
You guys should do an hour long video or documentary its amazing listening to you guys and how you explain things love from🇨🇦
IMPORTANT MAP GEEK QUESTION: Is there a name for the specific type of elevation/3D landform map shown in the image at 1:09? it's BEAUTIFUL.
@Bungo_the_Gimp
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly a 3 dimensional relief map?
@edwardrojas7711
3 жыл бұрын
Raised-relief map
@featherhammer
3 жыл бұрын
oh baby... that's the STUFF. I'm currently building a world map for a D&D setting and I want to have the topography mapped out in stark 3D relief on it.
@buggerall
3 жыл бұрын
@@featherhammer Keep in mind tough that they are extremely exaggerated. If you would shrink the earth with all its mountain ranges to the size of a billiard ball it be as smooth as one.
@featherhammer
3 жыл бұрын
@@buggerall I'm aware-they're just gorgeous to look at, imo.
PBS Eons: Come for the sea monster, stay for Blake's guns
Thank you for the pun, Callie!
I always feel excited when I wake up and see a new video from you guys. It's almost like I'm 6 years old again and I'm looking through my Dinosaur magazines.
I love his voice so soothing
I love that this episode was about my homeland 🥰
Wow! Just wow! I couldn't even watch this for more than 3.33 secs - and I am supposed to be an expert observer! But this is just amazing, the visuals are incredible! Making the best of the brand and stunning, simply stunning! Who ever oversaw this - your team has outdone itself - yet again! I just had to tell you all before I watch it to the - I have to start all over to soak it all up! This is just - overwhelming! Overwhelmingly exquisite! Thank you so much! 💚
as a colombian im very happy
i love the marine reptiles sm 😭😭😭 always excited when i get to see them on my feed
Damn somebody’s back on cycle 💪
I would like to say that I really appreciate Kallie's pun. Very helarious! 10/10
I've been extremely busy last 3 weeks and still I can't believe that I've missed this chapter. I am from Colombia and I was really happy when you made the one about Titanoboa. I am really fan of this channel... Thanks Eons!!!
Bonus spectacled bear!
Important update: The fossil specimen that’s addressed here is no longer assigned to Kronosaurus as of last year, and has now been renamed Monquirasaurus. Right now the only fossils that can be definitively attributed to Kronosaurus are the ones from Australia.
@daliborjovanovic510
2 жыл бұрын
So what? It's just a name change XD Nothing important. Genera names for fossil animals are pretty arbitrary anyway XD
@andruloni
6 ай бұрын
@@daliborjovanovic510 xd
I spent my quarantine lying in bed watching YT. Blake’s clearly been hitting the gym, man’s arms look jacked
@itamarbenitez3737
3 жыл бұрын
lol what if you missed the point entirely > /?
Can you do a video on prehistoric Fukui Japan?
This is another brilliant use of a specific paleontological specimen to tell a much larger story. Always a pleasure, Eons! 💙💙
I always watch this channel
Thanks for covering this kind of topic. Villa de Leyva is a hub for paleontology in Colombia. And also, a beautiful colonial village near to Páramo de Iguaque. For those who first know about páramos, they are super special. Condensation is stored by the "Frailejón" (the most famous páramo plant) and the soil retains humidity in such a degree that is like a water bed. They are the factories of water that provide H2O to a lot of the population in Colombia. Sadly, they have been affected severly due to climate change and human intervention.
@sebastianortega1938
3 жыл бұрын
Colombia.... one of the best coffees I've ever had was in El Dorado international airport while I was waiting for a connection flight to La Paz, Bolivia. In the most literal sense, more than half of my carry on bag was full of coffee. When I came back to Mexico, from that trip I was carrying at least 14 kilograms of coffee, half of it Colombian, the other half was from Bolivia, Peru and El Salvador. Happy times. I need to go to Colombia at least once and take that "Ruta del Café" tour.
I've been amazed by Dinosaurs since I was a toddler and it still blows my mind to think they existed!
Every video this dude gets more buff.
Eons once again tricking us into learning about geology and ecology under the guise of a big scary dinosaur
@synthia8703
3 жыл бұрын
And a hot guy reading the script! 😈
Hearing about my country in a scientific context is always beautiful... and then you had to mention our páramos and I lost it. Thank you very much.
I live in Ancash in Peru. Here at 5000 meters I found plants fossilized! Here at more than 4000 meters in the Andes lived a cretaceous fauna and flora! The paleontologist found dinosaurs and even a t-rex alike theropod!
Would love to see a video on Mary Anning and her contributions to paleontology!
Glad to see some recognition of these areas. Too much is focused on the geology and history of North America and Europe.
I'm always so happy when I see there's a new eons episode 😁
I'm guessing Blake had a lot of time to work out. And damn, that's a cool fossil.
@grahamstrouse1165
2 жыл бұрын
He’s on the paleo diet.
Blake de Pastino is so dreamy....♥♥♥
these episodes about fossils in the global south hit different * cheff kiss hand * wish yall would do more, south america as a region has such a rich and unique fossil record and it's nice when you see it acknowledge in anglo-centric channels (imma keep my fingers crossed for an episode about mega dinosaurs or feathered raptors in patagonia)
PBS EONS, can y'all do a video on the new tail of the Spinosaurus?
@cintronproductions9430
3 жыл бұрын
Deinocheirus: "I'm the weirdest dino ever!" Spinosaurus: "Hold my big fat newt tail."
@connor863
3 жыл бұрын
I second this! Please do a video on the tail of the Spinosaurus!
@Cypresssina
3 жыл бұрын
Yes please!
@christophertorak8301
3 жыл бұрын
@@cintronproductions9430 (working title) Spinosaurus - The Tale of the Ever-Changing Tail
@joaomartins1452
3 жыл бұрын
Spinosaurus can afford to have an entire PBS youtube channel themed on it by now
I never thought you would talk about Colombia in one of your videos. Amazing!
I love this video. I live in that plateau, the paramos are the most beautiful scenario I have ever seen, they are sacred and provide us with water.
I love this chanel. I always learn new things
Thank you Kallie for always making Blake read these superb puns.
Blake's and Kallie's relationship about puns feels like mine with a friend. I keep sending him them, even if he hates them.
Im loving this background music!
I didn't expect you to cover my country, thanks!
Yay, monsters! Thanks guys.
My man Steve out here making sure we get our deep time learning on
i adore geology so much
Nice
This was a great episode, I've watched a lot of the videos never expected you would mention Colombia, specially after you had already done the Titano Boa episode. What a great surprise.
I love every video of this channel. So informative and fun!
Can we appreciate how good this artist is
Thank you Cali
Los subtítulos en español me hicieron amar aun más este video, gracias
That's weird I was just watching Walking with sea monsters and this notification popped up.
@Argentvs
3 жыл бұрын
Not weird, google sees everything you read, watch, search, hears everything you say (you have permission for microphone access to APPs), knows what you give likes, what things you watch with attention and then makes personalized adds and notifications of stuff that are in your interests. How many times you were talking about something and next day you had publicity of things in social media.
@lapwingfilms
3 жыл бұрын
@@Argentvs Oh I see
@krankarvolund7771
3 жыл бұрын
@@Argentvs Yeah, I'm sure PBS eons were waiting for this man to see a documentary about marine reptiles to publish their video on marine reptiles :p It's just that there is 1,48 million peoples subscribed to PBS Eons, Walwing with sea monsters is a big well-known documentary on prehistoric creatures, the fact that one of the subscribers of PBS eons saw this documentary a short time before seeing this video is just a coincidence ^^ As for the ability of Google to watch you, I thin you overexagerate ^^ They definitely trace your navigation via cookies, the videos you watch on youtube, but I do not see any electronics in my books that can give them what I read. And to not be heared, just do not permit microphones to access your apps XD And frankly, Google have enough of cookies and youtube to trace you and give you personalized ads, watching you and analyze all your conversations would be too much trouble to be worth it ^^
@Argentvs
3 жыл бұрын
@@krankarvolund7771 Lol, you clearly have no capacity for text comprehension. PBS Eons has nothing to do with what i've said. You get notifications and adds depending on your record on the data collected.
@ADTillion
3 жыл бұрын
Argentvs Pretty sure he was referring to how if you’ve clicked the bell icon, you get notification in the very nanosecond your subscribed youtube channel(In this case, yes, PBS Eons) uploads a video, no matter what the video is. Heck, I got the notification and clicked it but it just so happened I had a class so I only clicked back in right now. Maybe the algorithm messed with yours so that it doesn’t happen to you, but pretty sure the original comment was just that happening and nothing to do with google. So while your point is correct, it does not apply to this example. So, while Krankar was bit sarcastic, there was levity and an attempt to explain. Your response was uncalled for.
I *love* how uncomfortable he is with the puns that he must lay the responsibility for them with someone else!
@Alusnovalotus
3 жыл бұрын
I thought he and Kallie were married. Talk about power couple.
Eons you people are the best
I think the chat agrees with me that this was a really cool episode lol
Upped my pateron from $5 to $10!!! I love this show so much!
I've always thought South America is an absolutely beautiful continent. I'd love to go there someday to observe the wildlife and talk to the locals, although I only know a little bit of Spanish and no Portuguese lol
happy to see this channel has more than 1M subscribers
I love seeing the flash of pain just after the pun was said.
AWESOME VIDEO. Just discovered this channel and can't stop watching it.
@eons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
Amazon never ceases to amaze me...
Honestly, great patreon idea.
Please do the video on axis change during the eons and how it affected the biome of the Earth
@yonahzur3755
3 жыл бұрын
There was an excellent episode about the Milankovic cycles. 'Climate cycles and the woolly rhino', or something like that.
Thanks. This was pretty interesting.
Is it just me who stares at his forearms for wayy to long.......woo!
@whatlee8671
3 жыл бұрын
Just followed him on IG 😫😏
@ADTillion
3 жыл бұрын
A B I InstaGram.
3 жыл бұрын
@@ADTillion OMG... Of couse. LOL. I was racking my brain for something more science-y. LOL. Thank you.
@synthia8703
3 жыл бұрын
*Staring at Blake's forearms* I'm sorry, what? 👀
What a wonderful story!
I have been to Villadeleiva and seen all the museums with the Kronosaurus' fossils (there are more not shown in the video), and it is AMAZING how bug that thing was, it is also incredible to see all the other species that can be found there. It is also a beautiful place to go, amazing video
You folks do wonderful work!! and, you provided way more than an explanation about how the Pleiosaur landed in the Andes... The Amazon basin history is amazing. Maybe another episode dedicated only to that? How the river changed directions, became a wetlands... and all the changes in species, etc... the freshwater dolphins and rays would be interesting to focus on... Thank you again!
Kronosaurus is my favorite extinct marine reptile. It’s awesome to see him mentioned in your videos!
Thank you...!
nice video! the history of mountains is fascinating man
I watch and rewatch all of the Eons videos I always look forward when a new one comes out
It's just so MIND BLOWING to know these giant terrifying beasts existed on the same planet we live on. The idea of all the ancient extinct monsters having once existed it pretty much normalized and most people don't really bat an eye about it. But sometimes it just hits your mind differently and you realize how truely INSANE that really is. I think people in general have a bit of a complex about being the defacto beings of the world or that we are somehow the chosen ones or more important or special than other creatures. But when you really think about it, we are just as insignificant and powerless against the effects of time. We weren't first, we won't be last, and we aren't special.
I really like the sound design on this one, the ambient music and sounds are really giving it the sauce
This channel gives you every information you need to know about evolution and Earth's history
New video yessss